Level Access
Level access to Òran Mór is from the Great Western Road side of Òran Mór via our Brasserie restaurant. From here, please use the lift for The Venue – (Level 0)
Accessible toilets
Accessible toilets are located next to our Whisky Bar/ Main Bar (Level 2), The Venue (Level 0) and The Auditorium (Level 4)
If you are visiting Òran Mór or attending an event and require more information or assistance with access please call (0141) 357 6200 or e-mail info@oran-mor.co.uk.
Renegade Communications and Glasgow Jazz Festival present Baiana feat. Snowboy and The Haggis Horns
“So Good” Gilles Peterson, BBC 6 Music
“Homegrown Jazz Gem” Daily Mail
“Lush and Sophisticated” RnR Magazine
Baiana is the Brazilian-inspired project of Liverpool-born singer-songwriter Laura Doyle. Refreshingly joyful and charismatic, the show will feature internationally acclaimed percussionist Snowboy, (Lisa Stansfield, Imelda May, Amy Winehouse, Rod Temperton, Airto Morreira) who produced their stunning debut album along with the trio from The Haggis Horns (John Legend, Mark Ronson, Corinne Bailey Rae, Amy Winehouse)
Dubbed “the band we are all obsessed about” (Deb Grant, BBC 6 Music), Baiana’s thrilling live shows have been described as “Outstanding” (Robbie Vincent Jazz FM) and having “a proper wow factor” (John Osbourne Solar Radio).
A hugely popular draw at Love Supreme and Ealing Jazz Festival, Baiana also headlined the Southend Jazz Festival, as well as supporting Brazilian mega-star Gilberto Gil on his UK tour.
It promises a heady mix of infectious rhythm, superb musicianship and beautiful song.
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Award winning, genre defying instrumental collective Fat-Suit pay tribute to the golden age of video game music. From Zelda to Final Fantasy, Mario Kart to Sonic the Hedgehog, this one-off show reimagines iconic soundtracks through Fat-Suit’s signature blend of jazz, folk, funk, and electronics.
Influence of the modern jazz greats combine with noughties indie guitar riffs, 90s dance sounds, and timeless groove and funk, while their softer side opens up to folk melodies with Celtic roots.
Equally at home on a late night festival slot, jazz club, or concert hall, some recent performance highlights include Love Supreme Jazz Festival, Boomtown, Vsetin Jazz Festival (CZ), Budapest Jazz Club, and Jazzdock (Prague).
Hailed as ‘Ones to Watch’ by Jazzwise magazine, and winners of ‘Best Band’ & ‘Best Album’ at the Scottish Jazz Awards, they embrace a seamless mix of musical styles in a ‘showcase of sonic domination. One to dance at’ (STV)
Cameron Jay – Trumpet
Michael Butcher – Sax
Mhairi Marwick – Fiddle
Dorian Cloudsley – Guitar
Fraser Jackson – Guitar
Craig McMahon – Keys
Alan Benzie – Keys
Gus Stirrat – Bass
Mark Scobbie – Drums
Conducted by Pete Johnstone
The Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra was established in 2002 and exists to provide the most promising young jazz musicians in Scotland with a platform for creative learning, continuing personal development, and high-level performance.
Throughout its history, the TSYJO has been a byword for inclusive participation. Young people with a passion for jazz and from all walks of life have, almost inevitably, found their way into this outstanding band. They needed only to demonstrate high levels of improvisational skill to discover the route into orchestral jazz.
TSYJO recognizes promising young musicians at an early stage, provides them with experience of playing orchestral jazz as both section members and soloists, develops their skills and encourages them to reach their full potential.
With the support and encouragement of special guests from the professional Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and international jazz artists, TSYJO inspires and coaches young musicians to higher levels of achievement. Many alumni have gone on to study jazz at conservatory level and are now full-time musicians, contributing to a growing pool of professional Scottish jazz musicians.
Through the continuing engagement of these young jazz musicians in high quality tuition and training, we have consistently helped to produce winners of the Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year title. A considerable number of musicians, including current members, including saxophonist Helena Kay and pianist Peter Johnstone, have also progressed to the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, helping to maintain a succession of first-rate players.
A band whose past members include some of the biggest talents in Scottish jazz today, TSYJO has nurtured award-winning musicians including Scottish Album of the Year Award 2022 winner and Mercury Music Prize nominee, pianist Fergus McCreadie. BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2022, bassist Ewan Hastie, and Scottish Jazz Awards 2023 winners, saxophonist Matt Carmichael and trombonist Liam Shortall, who works under the name of corto.alto, are also TSYJO alumni.
Encouraging versatility, TSYJO has presented programmes of music from Woody Herman to Miles Davis and Duke Ellington to Steely Dan and to date has released three albums that have earned praise from top jazz critics internationally.
Jazz is for brave hearts, and TSYJO bears all the hallmarks of a courageous ensemble.
7.30pm doors, 8pm on stage
Sponsored by Second Line Records:
Theon Cross (tuba, electronics)
Nikos Ziarkis (guitar)
Graham Costello (drums)
Theon Cross is one of those rare musicians whose vision has redefined their instrument. His
unique approach to the tuba has expanded the instrument’s sonic possibilities in revolutionary
fashion, restoring it to a long-forgotten prominence as a crucial part of the contemporary jazz
ensemble. Through his combination of technical mastery, studio smarts, deep musical knowledge
and expansive vision, the power and originality of Theon’s playing has reinvented the tuba’s
place in modern music.
Exploring the tuba’s possibilities in the light of diasporic bass culture, Theon has worked to
develop the full sonic spectrum of his instrument, transforming it into a total 21st century
sound-system, powered by breath. Using the instrument’s ability to produce sub-sonics, bass,
mids, and tops, Theon creates complete sound-worlds, building up from rhythm and bass to
arrive at melody. Employing its oft-neglected capacity to generate complex multiphonics and
sustained pedal tones, he can summon colour, texture and atmosphere. With this expanded
low-end theory as his base, Theon approaches his music with a sensibility that travels freely
across outernational style and genre, but which remains deeply rooted in his own
African-Caribbean heritage. A graduate of Guildhall school of music and an alumnus of the
legendary Tomorrow’s Warriors, he is as at home with ensemble jazz as he is when playing road
marches, collaborating with grime stars, or providing bassline pressure in reggae, afrobeat or
soca settings.
Theon released his first EP Aspirations in 2015 followed by his first album FYAH in 2019 and the
Intra-I in 2021. He was a key member of Sons of Kemet until their dissolution in 2022. He has
featured on albums by The Smile, Little Simz, Steamdown, Makaya McCraven, Joy Crookes, Ill
Considered to name a few and contributed his version of Thelonious Monk’s Epistrophy to the
Blue Note Re:Imagined series.
